An invitation letter from President Clarke to a faculty member inviting him and his family to attend the informal open house on September 11th at 4:00 p.m. and the public open house on September 18th at 3:00 p.m. Both events were scheduled to take…
On September 8, 2016, Virginia Wesleyan College celebrated its first Founder's Day. This logo was used for the inaugural Founder's Day convocation. Virginia Wesleyan College was founded in 1961, and welcomed its first matriculating class in 1966.
A Virginian-Pilot newspaper photographer followed Larry Wright of Arlington, Virginia through a typical day during the first week of classes in September, 1966.
"The cover page of a 1962 prospectus describing the Sawyer tract on Holland Road and the Wood farm on Centreville Turnpike, each contributing two hundred acres which could be offered without cost to the college" (Mansfield, 16).
The 1959 Higher education in the Tidewater area of Virginia : report of a survey for the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia and the Norfolk Junior Chamber of Commerce Higher Education Survey, page 81, notes the need for higher education…
Black and white photograph of Virginia Wesleyan College's first full-time faculty and staff.
From left, Donald Davis, admission director; Joseph Stevens, political science professor and acting dean; Ann Matson, bookkeeper; Lambuth Clarke, president;…